Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children, 2nd Edition: Guidelines for the Management of Common Childhood Illnesses
World Health Organization. (2013).
Geneva (Switzerland): World Health Organization, iii-412.
This is a second edition guideline for the management of childhood illnesses at the first referral for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers in low-resource, developing countries.
World Health Organization
Children identified with cryptococcal meningitis should be assessed for hearing loss 1 month after discharge from the hospital (p. 174).
Infants with cleft lip and palate require follow-up after surgical closure of the lip and palate to monitor hearing for middle-ear infections and to monitor speech development (p. 265).
"Infants with isolated cleft lip can feed normally, whereas cleft palate is associated with feeding difficulties. The infant can swallow normally but is unable to suck adequately, and milk regurgitates through the nose and may be aspirated into the lungs.... Feed with expressed breast milk from a cup and spoon or bottles, if available and adequate sterility can be ensured; a special teat may be used. The technique of feeding is to deliver a bolus of milk over the back of the tongue into the pharynx with a spoon, pipette or some other pouring device. The infant will then swallow normally" (pp. 264-265).
